2009 Season Calendar
Rain-Outs, Postponements, and Schedule Changes
should be approved by Commissioner Mike Julian
Day
Date
Time
Location
Event
Mon.
March 30
6pm
Altgeld
Opening Coaches' Meeting
Mon.
April 13
6pm
Altgeld
Coaches' Meeting
Mon.
April 20 & later
Call Mike
Storage Garage
Equipment Available
Sat.
May 2
10am
Varies
Softball Pre-Season begins
Mon.
May 4 & later
Call Mike
Storage Garage
Uniforms Available
Wed.
May 13
6pm
Altgeld
Boys Baseball Coaches' Meeting
Sat.
May 16
10am-4pm
Livingston
Registration Blitz Day/
Softball Regular Season Begins
Sat.-Fri.
May 16-June 5
Varies
Altgeld & Livingston
Baseball Pre-Season Games
Sat.
May 30
9-11am
Livingston Field
T-Ball Begins
Thurs.
June 4
6pm
Altgeld
Final Coaches' Meeting (tentative) plus Schedule Distrib.
Sat.
June 6
10am
Livingston
Opening Day with Mayor Daley and Sec. of State White (see home page)/
Baseball Regular Season begins
Sat.
July 4
All Day
Livingston
Family Community Picnic (Bring items)
Sat.-Sat.
July 11-18
Varies
Livingston and Skinner
Girls Play-offs & World Series–
check Schedule
Sat.-Mon.
July 25-27
Varies
Livingston and Altgeld
Boys Play-offs begin–
check Schedule
Thur.-Sat.
July 30-Aug. 1
Varies
Livingston and Altgeld
Boys World Series–
check Schedule
Sat.
Aug. 8
6-7:30
Chicago Hope Academy

Awards Cere-mony & Dinner (Return jerseys & equipment)

Fri.-Sun.
Aug. 7-9
Varies
Altgeld & Livingston
Boys 13-14 Annual August Tournament
Sat.
Aug. 29
9-11:15
Livingston
Final T-Ball & Picnic (Return jerseys)
UPDATE as of June, 2009: Thanks to the tremendous support from Mayor Daley, his Department of Planning and Development, and his Chicago Park District, along with Aldermen Danny Solis (25th), Bob Fioretti (2nd), Walter Burnett (27th), and Ed Smith (28th), Livingston Field was dedicated as a City park on Opening Day. NWLL had pleaded its case to the IMDC at quarterly meetings for the last four years and even filed a lawsuit against them for lack of open meetings and disclosure. The City had to sacrifice other public land in exchange for the Park. Recent IMDC leadership neglected the City's local partnership and posted signs on two fences (shown below) for the last two years stating their intention to unneccesarily build on the site and destroy our field of dreams, which has been a great community asset and green space for 15 years. Good government matters, and the IMDC must accountability to community oversight! On May 20, 2009 the City Council approved the acquistion of Livingston Field as Livingston Park from IMD, though sadly at the expense of trading other land. On July 19, 2007, the City Council (sponsors Ald. Burnett, Ald. Fioretti, and Ald. Solis) and Mayor Daley unanimously passed a resolution urging the IMDC to keep Livingston Park a baseball field, and we deeply thank them for their official support! Without their long-term devotion, the Park and NWLL would have been bulldozed and pushed aside by the IMDC. NWLL strongly condemned IMDC's self-serving position.
Here are some summer 2007 articles:
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Contact Information

Near West Little League
c/o Chicago Hope Academy
2189 W. Bowler St.
Chicago, IL 60612
312-217-0680
help@nearwest.org
NWLL Fields and Maps

2008 Summer Interns: (Vital with umpiring, field maintenance, transportation, and clinics)
Bryant Baker, cell 267-337-4315 Reggie Storey, cell 206-498-4489
Note: NWLL has no 2009 interns. Instead, we developed work incentives for high schoolers.

Board Officer Contacts:
Bob Muzikowski, Founder and President
e-mail bobmuz@msn.com
Tina Muzikowski, Founder and Treasurer
e-mail tinamuz@comcast.net
c/o Chicago Hope Academy
office 312-491-1600

Mike Julian, Commissioner and V. P.
cell 312-217-0680
e-mail mjulian165@comcast.net
–Serves as Boys Baseball Coordinator

Chris Campbell, Player Agent and Altgeld Park liaison
cell 312-685-4480
e-mail bulldog24245@yahoo.com
Charlie Gunn, Secretary and Information Agent
cell 312-927-8563
e-mail chicagogunn@netscape.net
–Serves as Girls Softball and T-Ball coordinator
Sandy Albecker, Board Member at Large
home 312-243-5584
e-mail walbec1@hotmail.com
Sam Jimenez, Safety Officer
home 773-383-5091
e-mail jimenezsam11@yahoo.com

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